Inventory number
RF 38391, Recto
Catalog number:
Primitifs des Pays-Bas P 722..4Handwritten inventory reference:
vol.30, p.105Collection
Artist/maker / School / Artistic centre
Description
Object name/Title
Orphée charmant les animaux
Description/Features
Commentaire :
Ce dessin montre une probable association entre ce mythe d'Orphée et celui d'Amphion construisant la ville de Thèbes, décrit dans les vers de l'Art Poétique d'Horace, (394-396).
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
H. 0,27 m ; L. 0,363 m
Materials and techniques
Pierre noire, plume et encre brune, lavis brun.
History
Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee
Dernière provenance : Marcou-Trouvelot
Acquisition details
don
Acquisition date
1980
Location of object
Current location
Petit format
The artwork can be seen by appointment in the Louvre's Prints and Drawings Study Room.
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Last updated on 06.09.2021
The contents of this entry do not necessarily take account of the latest data.
The contents of this entry do not necessarily take account of the latest data.
Full entry on the collection website of the Department of Prints and Drawings:
http://arts-graphiques.louvre.fr/detail/oeuvres/1/145050-Orphee-charmant-les-animaux
